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| 亚香缇·道格拉斯：走自己的路 |
| 2004年02月03日11:39:05 英语沙龙 |
歌手简介：在当今歌手如云的歌坛，能够唱片未出就好声一片、第一张唱片就直窜排行榜的歌手可谓寥寥无几。亚香缇却独遂此愿。
Ashanti Douglas:Follow Her Own Path 亚香缇·道格拉斯：走自己的路
Ashanti Douglas was born in 1980 in Long Island, New York into a musical family. Her father used to sing and her mother is a dance instructor. Ashanti began to sing in a gospel choir at the age of 6. As she grew, her musical talent developed and with it, appearances followed.
Ashanti first announced her presence with the Big Pun hit How We Roll in 2001. Her sound was infectious and caught the attention of record producers. Irv Gotti, a producer with Murder Inc. Records, approached her and what was supposed to be an initial collaboration, turned into a record contract. The demure and feminine Ashanti was hesitant at first to sign with a label named Murder Inc., but she filled a void in the company stable of talent. What was a pure rap label became stronger with the arrival of the R＆B singer.
The marketing team at Murder Inc. went to work to promote Ashanti in time for her debut release. She was featured on the Ja Rule smash Always On Time, receiving major airwave and video exposure. In addition, her voice was loaned out to reigning Fat Joe, for his big hit What's Luv?. Ashanti stole both songs away from the rappers and created such a buzz that her self-titled debut album was released early, on April, 2002.
The first single Foolish ripped apart1 the charts and the video was on heavy rotation as well. As a result, Ashanti sold over half a million units the first week, a major achievement for a relative unknown with almost no expectations on her shoulders. In the future, you can expect to hear and see much more of this young talent.
亚香缇·道格拉斯于1980年出生在美国纽约州长岛的一个音乐之家。她的父亲曾经是一名歌手，她的母亲是一名舞蹈教练。亚香缇在6岁时就开始在一个福音唱诗班演唱，随着年龄的增长，她的音乐才能得以发展，而她上台演出的机会也随之而来。
亚香缇首次令人瞩目，是在2001年BigPun的红歌《我们如何摇滚》中的演唱，她的嗓音极富感染力，引起了唱片制作人的注意。"谋杀唱片有限公司"的制作人艾尔弗·戈蒂找上了她，使原来的合作意图变为一纸唱片合同。端庄娇柔的亚香缇开始时对签约一家名为"谋杀"的唱片公司有些犹豫，但她填补了公司明星班子中的一个空缺，她的节奏布鲁斯演唱风格使原本是纯说唱风格的唱片公司更有实力。 公司的销售部着手为亚香缇第一首歌曲的推出宣传她，于是她出现在杰·鲁尔的红歌《永远准时》中，这首歌无论在电台、电视台都频繁亮相，此外，她还翻唱了当红的肥仔乔演唱的走红歌曲《什么是爱？》亚香缇从说唱歌手手中抢走了这两首歌，从而引起了轰动，以至于她以自己的名字命名的首张专辑于2002年4月9日提前发行。
她的第一首单曲《愚蠢》直冲排行榜首，歌曲的音像版也被反反复复地播放。结果，专辑《亚香缇》于推出的第一周就销售了50多万张，对于一个相对不为人知、又没有肩负期望的人来说，这是一个巨大的成功。未来，你会更多地期望耳闻目睹这位年轻的新秀。
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